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2000 pro to xp pro
just purchased a dell precision 330 from a corporate buy out it has 2000 pro on it i want to upgrade to xp pro when i put in my xp disc it gets to the screen to enter oem code when code is entered it says invalid i bought the xp disc new and it has not been used on any other machine
when i got the machine from the buy out it did not come with any disc the orginal oem sticker is on the side of the machine for the 2000 pro operating system i am not fond of 2000 but do not want to mess up my system try to install what the machine wont take i guess the machine is smarter than i am it has a 20 gig hard drive 384 mem if there is help on this please let me know
Mrasphalt,
Windows XP Professional is built on the code base of Windows 2000. Windows XP Professional device drivers are built on the device driver verifier found with Windows 2000. XP Pro probably couldn't tell who was the mother and who was the child when it analyzed system files. My best guess on this issue. Someone else may have a more precise explanation.
Tony
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Posted January 2nd, 2006 15:00
Mrasphalt,
I assume the XP Pro CD is not the upgrade version. Probably best as you would need a Win98, WinMe or Win2k disk if a clean reinstall was ever needed. If you have a 4.3Gb or larger drive lying around try a clean install. If it works OK, clone it to the 20Gb. You can download necessary XP drivers for the 330 from Dell Support. Just key in Service Code on the 330 and look for driver downloads.
Tony